2010 greatest hits album by Sade
The Ultimate Collection Released 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29 ) Recorded 1983–2011 Length 133 :03 Label RCA Producer
The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album by English band Sade , released on 29 April 2011 by RCA Records . The album includes several singles from the band's career, including "Your Love Is King ", "Smooth Operator ", "By Your Side ", "No Ordinary Love " and "Soldier of Love ". It also contains four previously unreleased tracks—a cover of Thin Lizzy 's 1974 song "Still in Love with You ", a remix of "The Moon and the Sky " featuring Jay-Z , and the songs "I Would Never Have Guessed" and "Love Is Found". The band promoted the album with their first concert tour in 10 years, Sade Live .[ 5] In March 2014, the album was re-released as The Essential Sade under the Sony Legacy umbrella.[ 6]
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone stated, "Few singers have the consistency of vision to produce a career retrospective that doubles as a seamless 'let's make out on the carpet' mixtape. From 1985's jazzy 'Smooth Operator' to tracks from last year's excellent Soldier of Love , it's all state-of-the-art slow-jams all the time, driven by Sade Adu 's touch-me-now contralto ."[ 4] Lloyd Bradley of BBC Music commented, "The best thing about this set is it'll allow anybody who didn't quite get the band first time around to catch up."[ 7] In a mixed review, Jeff Winbush of All About Jazz wrote, "No such luck. As things stand, a more accurate title would be The Adequate Collection because there's little ultimate about this bare bones piece of product."[ 1]
The Ultimate Collection debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 15,184 copies, becoming Sade's seventh top-10 album in the United Kingdom.[ 8] In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number seven with 38,000 copies sold in its first week, earning the band their ninth consecutive top-10 album on the chart.[ 9] As of August 2011, the set had sold 127,000 copies in the United States.[ 10]
Disc two Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Cherish the Day " (from Love Deluxe ) 6:20 2. "Pearls" (from Love Deluxe ) 4:34 3. "By Your Side " (from Lovers Rock , 2000) Adu Matthewman Hale Denman 4:41 4. "Immigrant" (from Lovers Rock ) 3:50 5. "Flow" (from Lovers Rock ) Adu Matthewman Hale Denman 4:34 6. "King of Sorrow " (from Lovers Rock ) Adu Matthewman Hale Denman 4:47 7. "The Sweetest Gift" (from Lovers Rock ) 2:21 8. "Soldier of Love " (from Soldier of Love , 2010) Adu Hale Matthewman Denman 5:58 9. "The Moon and the Sky " (from Soldier of Love ) 4:29 10. "Babyfather " (from Soldier of Love ) Adu Juan Janes Andrew Nichols Matthewman 4:40 11. "Still in Love with You " (previously unreleased) 4:26 12. "Love Is Found" (previously unreleased) Adu Hale Matthewman Denman 4:11 13. "I Would Never Have Guessed" (previously unreleased) 2:57 14. "The Moon and the Sky" (Remix featuring Jay-Z ) (previously unreleased) Noah "40" Shebib 4:27 15. "By Your Side" (Neptunes Remix) (from "By Your Side" single, 2000) Adu Matthewman Hale Denman 3:59
Box set bonus DVD[ 11] Title Director[ 12] 1. "Hang on to Your Love" Brian Ward 3:59 2. "The Sweetest Taboo" Ward 5:02 3. "Is It a Crime" Ward 7:03 4. "Never as Good as the First Time" Ward 3:55 5. "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" Sophie Muller 4:24 6. "Paradise" Alex McDowell 3:35 7. "Turn My Back on You" Muller 4:05 8. "Nothing Can Come Between Us" Muller 3:52 9. "No Ordinary Love" Muller 4:01 10. "Feel No Pain" Albert Watson 3:48 11. "Kiss of Life" Watson 4:12 12. "Cherish the Day" Watson 4:23 13. "By Your Side" Muller 4:27 14. "King of Sorrow" Muller 4:42 15. "Soldier of Love" Muller 5:01 16. "Babyfather" Muller 4:01 Total length: 70:30
^[a] signifies a co-producer Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Ultimate Collection .[ 13]
Sade – arrangement (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–7, 15) ; strings, horns (disc 2: track 14) Sade Adu – vocals, programming Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming Stuart Matthewman – guitars, saxophone, programming Paul S. Denman – bass Additional musicians [ edit ] Dave Early – drums, percussion (disc 1: tracks 1–7) Martin Ditcham – percussion (disc 1: tracks 1–6, 8–12, 14; disc 2: tracks 8–10) ; drums (disc 1: tracks 8–10, 12; disc 2: track 10) Paul Cooke – drums (disc 1: tracks 1, 3) Gordon Matthewman – trumpet (disc 1: track 1; disc 2: track 10) Terry Bailey – trumpet (disc 1: tracks 4, 5) Pete Beachill – trombone (disc 1: tracks 4, 5) Leroy Osbourne – vocals (disc 1: tracks 6, 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–6, 8–11) ; guitar (disc 2: track 11) Jake Jacas – vocals (disc 1: track 6) Gordon Hunte – guitar (disc 1: track 9) Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader (disc 1: track 12; disc 2: track 2) Tony Pleeth – solo cello (disc 2: track 2) Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion (disc 2: tracks 3–6, 11) Tony Momrelle – vocals (disc 2: tracks 8–11) Ian Burdge – cello (disc 2: tracks 8, 9) Noel Langley – trumpet (disc 2: track 8) Everton Nelson – violin (disc 2: track 9) Pete Lewinson – drums (disc 2: tracks 10, 11) Ryan Waters – guitar (disc 2: track 11) Ben Travers – guitar (disc 2: track 12) Simon Hale – orchestra arrangement, orchestra conducting (disc 2: track 12) Jay-Z – featured artist (disc 2: track 14) 40 – all instruments except strings and horns (disc 2: track 14) Robin Millar – production (disc 1: tracks 1–7) Mike Pela – production engineering (disc 1: tracks 1–7) ; engineering (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc two: tracks 1, 2, 8–13) ; production (disc 1: track 6) ; co-production (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–13, 15) ; recording (disc 2: tracks 3–7, 15) ; mixing (disc 2: tracks 8, 11–13) Pete Brown – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 1–7) Simon Driscoll – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 1–7) Phil Legg – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 4–7) Ben Rogan – production (disc 1: track 6) ; engineering, co-production (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Sade – production (disc 1: tracks 8–14; disc 2: tracks 1–13, 15) Melanie West – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Vince McCartney – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Franck Segarra – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Olivier de Bosson – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Alain Lubrano – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Jean-Christophe Vareille – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 8–10) Sandro Franchin – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 11–14; disc 2: tracks 1, 2) Adrian Moore – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 11–14; disc 2: tracks 1, 2) Marc Williams – engineering assistance (disc 1: tracks 11–14; disc 2: tracks 1, 2) Andy "Nipper" Davies – engineering assistance (disc 2: tracks 3–6) Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (disc 2: tracks 9, 10) Mat Arnold – engineering assistance (disc 2: track 11) Jamie Brownlow – engineering assistance (disc 2: track 11) Owen Shiers – engineering assistance (disc 2: track 11) Nick Poortman – engineering assistance (disc 2: tracks 12, 13) Brendan Davies – engineering assistance (disc 2: tracks 12, 13) Mike Nyandoro – engineering assistance (disc 2: tracks 12, 13) Gary Thomas – engineering (disc 2: track 12) Isobel Griffiths – contractor (disc 2: track 12) Noah "40" Shebib – production, engineering (disc 2: track 14) Noel Cadastre – engineering (disc 2: track 14) Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – recording (Jay-Z's verse) (disc 2: track 14) Noel "Gadget" Campbell – mixing (disc 2: track 14) David Strickland – mix assistance (disc 2: track 14) Greg Morrison – mix assistance (disc 2: track 14) The Neptunes – mixing (disc 2: track 15) Lynn Jeffrey – band assistance John Davis – mastering Adam Brown – tape transfer Kevin Vanbergen – tape transfer Richard Bowe – archiving ^ a b Winbush, Jeff (29 May 2011). 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